Availing himself of the darkness of the night, he called out as if in command of a large detachment, Lieutenant Such-a-one to the right, Captain to

the left; in this manner he deceived his enemy who laid down their arms and surrendered at discretion.

On the east side of the Tuckahoe hill is the property of Charles Dusenberry, Esq., one of the most active members of the Croton water commissioners. The house occupies an elevated position overlooking a picturesque vale to the south-east.

The Methodist church is prettily situated at the foot of the hill surrounded by a fine locust grove, and near the margin of a small stream that washes the eastern side of the hills. The edifice is a neat structure of wood. This society was first organized in 1797, and called " the first Methodist Episcopal Church of the town of Yonkers."

The small settlement of Tuckahoe is situated upon the western margin of the Bronx. Here is a convenient depot of the Westchester railroad, post office, store and cotton manufactory. The latter was for some time called the Eastchester Manufacturing Company. The present building having been erected, A. D. 1814, and incorporated soon afterwards, for $100,000. Shares were sold at one time for |2500. The property is now vested in the heirs of John Tait.

In 1824, Canvas White, Esq., engineer employed by the corporation of New York, reported that he proposes taking the waters of the Bronx from the Eastchester cotton factory pond. He thinks that the natural flow of the river in the driest season will furnish 3,000,000 gallons per day, and by raising a dam of six feet to the upper Rye pond and lowering the outlet two feet, 3,000,000 gallons per day may be obtained, and that a daily sup-